Noah Meyerhans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Why do you want to? If nobody can read /proc then they can't run things
> like 'ps'. That's not a good thing. /etc is a similar case. Depending on
> your installation, it's quite likely that there are things in /etc that
> *need* to be readable by a normal user.

Correct ;) I can think of `/etc/passwd' straight OTTOMH - a humble ls will
confuse all the users who can't see their own username straight.

If the OP wants to persist in this, he'll have to consider system daemons
as well; your MTA & MDA probably take a walk through /etc/ as user `mail',
maybe... Woops :)

~Tim
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